Jeep 4.0 straight six. They made these for about a jillion years, and even David Tracy has a hard time killing one.

No, what gets ignored is that there are massive environmental impacts to making every other part of the car as well, and that is going to be true whether they’re running on batteries, fuel cells or internal combustion.

Which defeats the whole point of the exercise, which was to get off fossil fuels.

I agree. The OP is being intentionally misleading. Checking the Supercharger map for five seconds proves that his information is waaaaaaaaay out of date or he takes the back roads and his PREFERRED route on 2-lane highways doesn’t have a single Supercharger.

I’m not sure why you mentioned Fort Stockton (422 miles from Albequerque) or Midland (405 miles from Albequerque) though.

Two big ‘ifs’

The F-150 Lightning’s 300 range estimate includes a 1,000 lbs. payload.

I live in Albuquerque, from my house going to Texas the nearest supercharger is 295 Miles in Amarillo.

Yeah but how long do you sit at said Supercharger waiting to get enough juice to make it to your daughter’s?

I don't share his opinion, but at this point, the newest is 15 years old, so trim pieces falling off... I begrudgingly have to allow it. 

Let me just characterize the GMT800s once and for all:

As a fellow E39 owner, the difference is that the trim falling off of the tailgate handle doesn’t affect operation, it’s just a bit unsightly.

Not one of those is a GMT800

I’d allow it. When I hear a vehicle is “built to last” I always think it’s meant in a mechanical sense.

You don’t see what the issue is because you do not completely understand how leasing work.

but you can’t just go to Carvana and sell it when you don’t own the vehicle.

I mean, if you like wasting money, sure. But if you can afford to buy a car with cash, in 99.999999% of cases, it’s far more financially prudent to finance for the longest possible term than it is to pay cash.

I know, right? Inflation is at 5% now. Even the un-subsidized car loans are well below that.

Or do what is most financially prudent for your particular situation. There is no one right answer that fits every situation.

The buyout at the end of the lease is like a stock option. The vesting period is the lease term and the strike price is the buyout. You are absolutely entitled to that equity, if there is any, by exercising your option. That’s the contract you signed. It’s the contract they signed.